Media, Press & Partners
In the News
- NTV News Special Report: The WHY behind the University of Nebraska System Budget Shortfall
- WGN Radio-Top 10 Colleges With the Best Return on Investment
- The Paul and Jordana Show- What Not to Say to College Students Struggling With Mental Health
- Bloom Tampa Bay- How to Secure Student Loans | Students' To-Dos After Decision Day
- KRLD News- Financial Tips for New College Students
Media Mentions
- Indiana Law Requires Professors to Promote 'Intellectual Diversity' or Face Penalties – The New York Times
- Alabama's Anti-DEI Bill Fits Nicely With Its History of School Segregation – Bloomberg
- Opinion: Claudine Gay's resignation at Harvard doesn't signify a DEI failure – Los Angeles Times
- Colleges created the student loan nightmare. Here's how to fix it
- Why DEI Training Doesn't Work—and How to Fix It – WSJ
- 8 Respected Jobs That Pay Much Less Than People Think
- The Struggle to Vaccinate Springfield, Missouri – The New Yorker
Subject Matter Experts
BestColleges.com's advisors are expert spokespersons, available to provide commentary on relevant news and insight on our proprietary data studies.
Mark J. Drozdowski, Ed.D.
Writer
Expertise: History of higher education, fundraising and alumni relations, university leadership
Mark J. Drozdowski, Ed.D., is a senior writer and higher education analyst with BestColleges. A former columnist for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed, Mark has written articles, essays, and op-eds for dozens of publications, including The New York Times Magazine.
Jessica Bryant
Writer
Expertise: DEI, student mental health, social media trends, student political activism
Jessica Bryant is a higher education analyst and senior data reporter for BestColleges. She covers higher education trends and data, focusing on issues impacting underserved students.
Lyss Welding
Editor
Expertise: Student loan debt, cost of college, higher education research
Lyss Welding is a higher education analyst and senior editor for BestColleges. They've presented on collecting and using data at the Data Science for Social Good and Illinois Continuous Quality Improvement conferences.
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